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more about #submarines Zanzan42: How can the submarine be a Virgin if it's full of seamen? more » berbar: You forgot to mention that Virgin also has a Formula 1 team. more » apeguero: Richard Branson has to be the coolest person in the whole world. You go! more » kosai: So rapture will be created by Richard Branson not Andrew Ryan, interesting. more » AmishJohn: Shouldn't you start shallow with Virgin? more » NorwoodIsMyHero: I tried to tell Ariel that we would be getting the interwebs down here soon. Even that wasn't enough to stop her from running off. more » Jagster: You guys missed out on a great chop opportunity. more » joncoffee: "Fortunately, they never were able to put that in practice before the Americans delivered to them a fat tin can full of atoms" Hmm...interesting choi... more » Calzo: Yeah yeah super alright... Thats why it's at the bottom of the ocean... more » crapcakes: Shouldn't the Japanese be making smaller submarines? more » Brdf: "Fortunately, they never were able to put that in practice before the Americans delivered to them a fat tin can full of atoms." Strange to refer to i... more » I see the light. It burns!: Well, I guess they made up for their last bright idea. They were going to put a dent in the United States supply of wood by burning down the forest w... more » P3nnst8r: Eat that, Quiznos! more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Since people seem to be interested in the seaplane, and I took the time to look it up, you're stuck with it: "The M6A Seiran submarine-launched torpe... more » Gundem: This article is racist promoting the nuking of the Japanese. *now let the idiots rage* more » iansilv: Yup- a superior piece of Japanese technology. That we kicked the shit out of. And sank. more » yantelope: Yeah, Japan had some huge ships in WWII but they didn't have radar. It's pretty tough fighting a war when the Americans know where you are at all times. more » F1Morgan: I live in Honolulu and I haven't heard anything...where is it? more » Golf_Nut: so they captured them and then sunk them? Couldn't they have hidden them from the Russians? Seems like a waste of technology that we could have gott... more » Toastie: "Use the submarines to deploy rats infected with the plague and insects loaded with cholera, dengue, and typhus." I imagine that that plan might have... more » -
#submarines
Oceanic: Virgin Submarines Will Dive Deep
What's next for Virgin? After nightclubs, record labels, gadgets, cellphone carriers, airlines and space ships, Sir Richard Branson is getting into subs. Fifteen miles from his Necker Island, is the Puerto Rican Trench, deepest spot in the Atlantic. They'll dive! More » -
#internet
The Internet: Now Available at the Bottom of the Ocean
No, Google is not trying to corner the market on undersea searches. Actually, the "Neptune" internet network is designed to make it easier for researchers to communicate with robots and submarines. More » -
#submersibles
Robotic Sea-Glider Achieves First Unmanned Underwater Transatlantic Crossing
Charles Lindbergh may have shown human fortitude by flying across the Atlantic in his "Spirit of St. Louis," but now he has robotic company when it comes to transatlantic records. More » -
#submarines
World War 2 Japanese Super-Submarine Found In Hawaii
According to Dr Hans Van Tillburg, "[the I-201 submarine] was nothing like anybody had in the Second World War. It had a streamlined body and conning tower and retractable gun." They just found it in Hawaii. More » -
#diy
It's Official: Chinese Farmers Can Build Anything, Rarely Farm
What is it with everyday Chinese folks building extraordinary things? Last month farmer Wu Zhongyuan built a helicopter from wood and metal. This month Tao Xiangl is scooting around the waters near Beijing in a hand-built submarine. More » -
#submarines
Super Falcon Sub Flies With Fishes
NBC took the $1.5 million Super Falcon for a cool spin, the flying submarine that can maneuver in any direction without the help of ballast tanks. I'd like to try the non-cockpit version, but this looked fun. Until it broke. -
#submarines
Russian Akula-Class Attack Submarines Patrolling US East Coast
One would think that the Cold War ended a long time ago, but ask the Pentagon officials who are very concerned about the two Russian nuclear-powered Akula-class attack submarines now patrolling the US East Coast. One ping only, Vasily. More » -
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#summermodo
The Underwater Express Lets You Cruise In a Gigantic Gas Bubble at 100 Knots
While most DARPA projects never materialize, the Underwater Express mini-submarine project is entering the test phase. If successful, the Underwater Express will be capable of going 100 knots—far faster than the 30 knots today's subs can muster. More » -
#summermodo
The Deep Flight Super Falcon Sub is Actually a Private Airplane for the Sea
I'd never been envious of Tom Perkins' giant sailboat, the Maltese Falcon, until it received a deployable submarine in its belly. The sub, called the Deep Flight Super Falcon, is a 21-foot electric vehicle, bringing aerodynamic principles to the sea. More » -
#skype
Oprah Skypes with a Sub, Gets Skinny on Life Submerged
That Oprah, always using product tie-ins in new and different ways, this time jiving with the commander of the USS Louisville "The Slugger" submarine—which is 60 feet underwater off the coast of Hawaii—via Skype. More » -
#submarines
The $1.3 Million Deep Flight Super Falcon Flying Submarine
The Deep Flight Super Falcon is a flying submarine that can't really fly. Not that it matters for anyone without $1.3 million to spare, but the "fly" part refers to the way it dives. More » -
#military
Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
How could two submarines end up colliding in the middle of the ocean? British military types are blaming excessive stealthiness, and the French claim they didn't realize what had happened for days. More » -
#military
Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
First Satellites colliding, now this. Two nuclear submarines carrying nuclear missiles, the British HMS Vanguard—in the image—and the French Le Triomphan, bumped in the Atlantic this February. More » -
#crime
The Rise of the Drug-Running Remote-Controlled Semi-Submarines
Drug lords have been using homemade subs to ferry cocaine to the US from Columbia for a few years but the machines are getting more sophisticated, sometimes employing remote control systems. More » -
#smsdoom
Text Messaging For Nuclear Subs: OMG It's WW3!
Communicating with submarines under the surface of the water has always been tricky. How do you stay in contact without having to surface? The Navy believes that a form of text messaging may be the answer. More » -
#robots
Underwater Canadian Robots the Latest Weapon in the Battle for Arctic Oil
Apparently our polite neighbors to the north, the Canadians, are going to use two underwater robots to bolster their claims over the Arctic in 2010. These twin $4 million Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (not T-1000's, lame), are being constructed by the very un-Cyberdyne sounding International Submarine Engineering to scout out and claim potential drilling locations in the cold north. The ice cold Arctic, as you may know, is a hotly contested territory for the Canadians, Russians, Norwegians, Danes, and United States. Sadly, there are no frickin' laser beams. Which is too bad, because we're positive Putin armed his Russian robot submersibles to the teeth. At the very least, they'll have GPS. More » -
#whatbailout
Chelsea Football Club Owner Building $400 Million Mega-Yacht with Submarine, Missile Defenses
Russian billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich is building a $400 million mega-yacht. Yawn, you say? You have two? OK, well, this yacht has its own submarine. And armor plating with bulletproof glass. And little boats that fit inside the bigger boat. And a frickin' missile defense system that will alert he and his crew of 70 former SAS soldiers that there be pirates in those waters. It should be noted that Abramovich's other yachts—the 377 ft. Pelorus, 282ft Ecstasea and 160ft Sussurro—all pale in comparison to the 550 ft. Eclipse, and do not include missile detection systems. You can never be too safe, right? More » -
#furniture
Chair Made from Torpedo-Lifting Jaws from a Nuclear Sub Will Cradle Your Explosive Parts
I can't say that the Matrix Unplugged Chair looks very comfortable, but it certainly does look badass. That's because it's made from the torpedo-lifting jaws of a nuclear submarine. That's right: the parts that used to handle delicate explosive torpedoes will now be handling your delicate ass. More »
